Larry Haney

Infobox MLB retired
name=Larry Haney
position=Catcher


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1942|11|19
city-state|Charlottesville|Virginia
debutdate=July 27
debutyear=by|1966
debutteam=Baltimore Orioles
finaldate=October 1
finalyear=by|1978
finalteam=Milwaukee Brewers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.215
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=12
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=73
teams=
*Baltimore Orioles (1966-68)
*Seattle Pilots (1969)
*Oakland Athletics (1969-73, 1974-76)
*St. Louis Cardinals (1973)
*Milwaukee Brewers (1977-78)

Wallace Larry Haney (born November 19, 1942 in Charlottesville, Virginia) is a former backup catcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1966 to 1978 for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Pilots, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals, and Milwaukee Brewers. He later served as bullpen coach with the Brewers. His son Chris Haney pitched in the majors, primarily for the Kansas City Royals.

Haney was valued by teams mainly for his defensive abilities. In addition to his .985 fielding percentage and skill at working with pitching staffs, he threw out 110 of 282 stolen base attempts (39.0%) and picked off 8 baserunners during his career. He was acquired three separate times by the Oakland A's, and was with them during their entire World Championship year of 1974.

Haney's lifetime batting average in 480 games (283 starts) was .215, with 12 home runs, 73 runs batted in, and 49 runs scored.

Career highlights include:
*hit a home run in his first major league game (second at bat) against John O'Donoghue of the Cleveland Indians (July 27, 1966)
*one 4-hit game...three singles and a double vs. the Chicago White Sox (September 6, 1968)
*five 3-hit games
*played in two World Series games for the Oakland A's in 1974 vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers

In his minor league career, he led California League catchers with 18 double plays and 38 passed balls while playing for the Stockton Ports in 1962, and led Eastern League catchers with 17 double plays while playing for the Elmira Pioneers in 1963.

After his major league career, Haney went to work for the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He was a major league coach from by|1978 until by|1991, serving as bullpen coach from 1978 until 1989 and pitching coach in 1990 and 1991. [ [http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/pressbox/downloads/y2004/media_guides/mil/frontoffice.pdf Milwaukee Brewers 2004 Media Guide] ] He continued working for the Brewers in various capacities until by|2006. [ [http://www.baseballamerica.com/execdb/?show=exec&eid=haneyla01 Baseball America Executive Database] ]

Haney's Topps baseball cards for 1968 and 1969 are popular because the 1969 card is simply the reverse image of the 1968 card. He appears as a left-handed throwing catcher (with a mitt that fits on his right hand) in the 1969 card. The player/coach in the background (of both cards) is also reversed.

References

*1976 Baseball Register published by The Sporting News

External links

*Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=h/haneyla01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/Phanel101.htm Retrosheet]